The next big push I have planned over at the #blog (realhackhistory.org) is to document some of the people and events I see as linked to the #history of #ransomware before what we think of as modern ransomware was a thing.

So much of ransomware history online now is written as corporate marketing.

"Every so often, a discovery comes along that reminds us how much of #Jewish #history still lies hidden on library shelves, in forgotten archives, and within private collections. For collectors, scholars, and anyone fascinated by the world of rare #Hebrew #books and #manuscripts, such moments are exceedingly rare. This is one of them.

An entirely unknown, previously unpublished eighteenth-century #Kabbalistic #manuscript has surfaced from a private collection and has now been officially consigned for sale through #Mizrahi #Bookstore. More than simply another #handwritten volume, this remarkable #codex opens an extraordinary window into the formative years of #Lurianic #Kabbalah in Eastern #Europe, decades before these teachings became widely available in print.

The manuscript is a unique recension of the Lurianic #Kavvanot, the intricate mystical intentions associated with prayer, for #Shabbat and the Jewish festivals. Dated to 1717[...]"

https://jewishpress.com/the-aris-influence-in-18th-cent-eastern-europe/

ROUGH MUSIC. Saucepans, frying-paps, poker and tongs, marrow-bones and cleavers, bulls horns, &c. beaten upon and sounded in ludicrous processions.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ROUGH MUSIC. Saucepans, frying-paps, poker and tongs, marrow-bones and cleavers, bulls horns, &c. beaten upon and sounded in ludicrous processions. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

13 of the Most Unusual Fourth of July Traditions in U.S. History

Americans have come up with a variety of interesting and unexpected ways to celebrate the Fourth of July over the last 250 years!

https://www.mentalfloss.com/holidays/july-4th/most-unusual-fourth-of-july-traditions-u-s-history?utm_source=RSS

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74

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Gold and green fireworks in the night sky.

TIL some interesting things about the metric system…

1. Over centuries there were multiple attempts at standardizing a measurements system. France pulled it off during the French Revolution. Two chemists (husband and wife) devised it.

2. The base units were built to be realisable. Meaning based on and provable with nature.

3. The meter was realisable as one ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the equator. Later is was converted to 1/299,792,458 of light speed per second.

Bonus: Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier is one of the two aforementioned chemists. She was instrumental in the standardization of the scientific method.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system

#MetricSystem #Science #History #TIL #ScientificMethod

TO QUEER. To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO QUEER. To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 3rd of July from Wikipedia:

• 1035: William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror
• Birth (1866) of Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1906) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gottschalk
• Death (1881) of Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1811) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Tahsini
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

We’re working to preserve and reanimate historic computing software and documentation. We just took on the archive of two former #Commodore #Amiga PNW clubs and would like #community support for our efforts. https://icm.museum #history #software #preservation #archiving

You are not expected to understand this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System

#unix #history #linux #opensource

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A screenshot from Wikpedia. Title: You are not expected to understand this Text read: The infamous program comment "You are not expected to understand this" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11] The source code: /* * If the new process paused because it was * swapped out, set the stack level to the last call * to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return * which is executed immediately after the call to aretu * actually returns from the last routine which did * the savu. * * You are not expected to understand this. */ if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) { rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP; aretu(u.u_ssav); } Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System

HUM TRUM. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some packthread, thence also called a bladder and string, and hurdy gurdy; it is played on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum; sometimes, instead of a bladder, a tin canister is used.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HUM TRUM. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some packthread, thence also called a bladder and string, and hurdy gurdy; it is played on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum; sometimes, instead of a bladder, a tin canister is used. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Happy *real* Independence Day for American Pedants! Delegates from 12 colonies voted in favor of independence on 2 July 1776. (New York abstained from the vote, but for some reason they still get a stripe on the flag, smh.) Then the "Americans" published their Declaration on July 4.

Despite the name "Continental Congress," a bunch of Britain's American colonies weren't represented at the meeting: Nova Scotia, Barbados, Newfoundland, Quebec (British since 1763), Jamaica, the Bahamas, Belize, and others. Would they have supported fighting for independence too?

https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=102&pid=17

#ushistory #history #4thofjuly #novascotia #massachusetts #newyork #philadelphia #Pennsylvania #newhampshire #RhodeIsland #connecticut #quebec #canada #UK #delaware #newjersey #virginia #northcarolina #southcarolina #georgia #maryland #decolonization #Newfoundland #jamaica

Last weekend, I went looking for this structure. It's a replica of a section of the 'Sweet Track' - a Neolithic walkway in the Avalon Marshes. The original was 2 km long, and built in the spring of 3806 BCE. It's named after the peat cutter who first discovered it, in 1970.

#History #Photography #Archaeology #Somerset

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Replica of a Neolithic, wooden trackway across a marsh.

A quotation from John Kennedy

Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom promised our nation a new political and economic framework. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal promised security and succor to those in need. But the New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises — it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not to their pocketbook — it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) American politician, author, journalist, US President (1961–63)
Speech (1960-07-15), “The New Frontier,” Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

More about this quote: wist.info/kennedy-john/25736/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kennedy #jfk #johnkennedy #johnfkennedy #challenge #history #inspiration #pride #sacrifice #campaignpromise

CLYSTER PIPE. A nick name for an apothecary.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Events for the 2nd of July from Wikipedia:

• 1890: The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress
• Birth (1972) of Darren Shan, Irish author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Shan
• Death (1915) of Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_D%C3%ADaz
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: “The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.” In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/847…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #abuse #bullying #history #humancondition #humannature #humanity #violence

NIGHTINGALE. A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIGHTINGALE. A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

I have clarified any and all confusions you may have had about ancient Chinese political thought in one convenient chart.

#history #politics #classicalchinese #philosophy

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A hand-drawn flow chart in cute colors: "Ancient Chinese Political Schools" Confucianism: If everyone would just be POLITE and show their rulers some RESPECT then we wouldn't even NEED any laws Daoism: Bro, stop trying to fix everything, you're making it worse. The best ruler is one who sits back and doesn't rule a thing Legalism: There is no problem so small it can't be solved by beheading ten thousand men about it Confucianism says to Daoism: "You lazy oafs" Daoism says to Confucianism: "You pompous dicks" Daoism says to Legalism: "you're REALLY throwing off my groove" Legalism says to Daoism: "your 'groove' isn't in the budget" Legalism says to Confucianism: "you NAIVE motherfuckers" Confucianism says to Legalism: "Sir, I can excuse the slavery, human sacrifice, sexism etc etc, but I draw the line at coarse language" In the center, with all schools pointing toward the same outcome: "The rivers flood, the crops fail, millions die."

BADGE-COVES. Parish Pensioners. Cant.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BADGE-COVES. Parish Pensioners. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 1st of July from Wikipedia:

• 1890: Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda
• Birth (1961) of Ivan Kaye, English actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kaye
• Death (2005) of Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (b. 1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Benson
• Holiday: International Tartan Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tartan_Day
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

BELLOWSER. Transportation for life: i.e. as long.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELLOWSER. Transportation for life: i.e. as long. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Here’s What Life Was Like in 1776 vs. Today

https://www.rd.com/article/life-in-1776-vs-today/

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A black-and-white wood engraving, featured in the Alexander Anderson scrapbooks under the theme Scenes of Daily Life in Colonial America. A young man and woman sit facing each other on wooden chairs near the center. The man, clad in a light jacket and trousers, sits slightly reclined. The woman, wearing a traditional gown and a high mob cap, is focused on knitting or needlework, holding a ball of yarn that rests on the floor below her. To the right, a small child lies resting in a low bed. In front of the bed sits an empty, angular wooden rocking cradle with a prominent hooded top. In the lower left foreground, a dark-colored cat with a long tail sits on the stone floor, looking toward the warmth of the fireplace. On the far left, a fire blazes inside a large open fireplace, complete with a simple mantelpiece adorned with a ceramic jug and an iron fire iron standing nearby. Against the back-right wall is an open wooden hutch or dresser displaying neatly stacked rows of plates and ceramic jars. Above the couple, a minimalist wooden coat rack is mounted to the wall, holding a brimmed hat.

GINGERBREAD WORK. Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to the decorations of the sterns and quarters of West-Indiamen, which they have the greatest joy in defacing.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GINGERBREAD WORK. Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to the decorations of the sterns and quarters of West-Indiamen, which they have the greatest joy in defacing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 30th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1971: The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
• Birth (1936) of Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Van_Ronk
• Holiday: Christian feast of Theobald of Provins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_of_Provins
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

(LONG POST) Fell down a fascinating rabbit hole today about a few little boys and a little girl in ancient China about 2100 years ago.

Emperor Wu went mad with paranoia in his old age, accusing everyone of using witchcraft against him. This led to him needlessly launching attacks on his own eldest son, who never intended to betray him, and the prince's own sons. This whole branch of the royal household was wiped out in the attack. Except... there was a baby. A brand new baby boy, only a few weeks old, the Emperor's great-grandchild. The baby's name was Bingyi.

Someone brought baby Bingyi to a prison rather than kill him as ordered. The prison warden personally took good care of him; when word got out and he was ordered to finish the job, he refused to kill the baby, knowing it would presumably cost him his life. However, the Emperor came to his senses and stopped the witch hunt. The order to kill baby Bingyi and this random prison warden along with him never came. Bingyi safely disappeared into the household of distant relatives, to live an ordinary middle-class life.

Emperor Wu died of old age, and his dying wish was for the crown to skip over all the sons he distrusted and go straight to the only one not yet old enough to have earned his distrust, the surprise offspring of a May-December fling. Emperor Zhao was still a small child. He was immediately married-on-paper to another small child, Lady Shangguan.

A few years later, Lady Shangguan's family was accused of planning a coup by Zhao's regent and executed, but she was spared on account of being too young to have possibly been in on it.

Zhao was, apparently, a completely reasonable and level-headed young man. He showed wisdom in dealing with court rumors and did not do the ridiculous things young people with power often do. When he found out that Bingyi was alive, he visited with the other boy, treated him with kindness and made sure his needs were met.

Unfortunately, Zhao dropped dead when he was 20. (No indications of foul play, he was just unlucky). He had no children; his marriage to Lady Shangguan may not have even ever been consummated. The Empress Dowager was 15 years old.

A nephew of Zhao was brought in to be the new emperor; he was slightly older than Lady Shangguan, at 17. And he... partied. Immediately. Extremely. Incessantly. He was hinted to stop. He was told to stop. He was told more boldly and explicitly to stop. He did not stop.

An entire 27 days after this loser nephew took the throne, Lady Shangguan put on her best dress, entered the court, sat down on the throne, and called for the nephew. He came in. She unrolled a list of over 1000 complaints that had accrued since he arrived at the palace. She fired him. A 15-year-old girl with no actual hard power fired the Emperor of China in front of all his ministers. And he turned around, left, and went home.

(And in a very Ancient Chinese approach, he was allowed to live but most of his attendants were executed for allowing him to grow into such a brat. Only a handful who were known to have boldly rebuked him were spared.)

Lady Shangguan was now in direct defacto control of the empire. However, she understood that trying to hold on to that for the rest of her life would be destabilizing, since her claims were paper-thin as the childless widow of a child-emperor, whose family was already executed for treason. She sent for Bingyi.

Bingyi ruled under the name Emperor Xuan, and is considered to have been one of the wisest emperors, being possessed of common sense and moral sympathy for the poor after a heathy, normal upbringing. Lady Shangguan quietly stepped back after thus saving the empire from disastrous misrule, never remarried, and was pretty much the only person on either side of her family to never get executed, exiled or driven to unalive.

Lady Shangguan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Empress_Dowager_Shangguan

Emperor Zhao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Zhao_of_Han

Bingyi / Emperor Xuan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xuan_of_Han

Loser Nephew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_He_of_Changyi

#history #longpost

What really happens behind secret covert operations? Explore the hidden world of intelligence, strategy, and high-stakes missions that often shape history from the shadows.

#CovertOperations #MilitaryHistory #History

Read more: https://www.annettekmazzone.com/secret-covert-operations/

MADAM. A kept madam; a kept mistress.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MADAM. A kept madam; a kept mistress. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 29th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1995: The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampoong_Department_Store_collapse
• Birth (1793) of Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ressel
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

I put hours & hours into this #blog, combing through newspaper archives for cool fun images of what newspaper illustrators thought of computer crime in the 1970s. If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of #hacker illustration tropes here it is.
#hacking #history
https://realhackhistory.org/2026/06/28/70s-newspaper-illustrations-of-computer-crime/

COCK HOIST. A cross buttock.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COCK HOIST. A cross buttock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

At a Pivotal Moment of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass Delivered a Speech That Reframed What Was at Stake if Slavery Stood

In “The Mission of the War,” America’s incomparable orator helped turn public sentiment in favor of the Union and Abraham Lincoln, beginning the process of “national regeneration”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/pivotal-moment-civil-war-frederick-douglass-delivered-speech-reframed-what-was-at-stake-slavery-stood-180988836/

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Photograph of a young Frederick Douglass (1840). He is looking thoughtfully down to his left. His hair is full, dark, and voluminous afro-textured. It is parted on his left. He is wearing a dark formal suit jacket with a matching dark waistcoat. Around his high-collared white dress shirt he has a large, dark cravat tied in a bow.

Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.

«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".

The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.

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With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
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Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»

BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>

#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources

Obstinate Daughters: shining a light on the women who sparked the American Revolution

A revealing new book, eight years in the making, singles out rebellious women from US history whose stories have often been sidelined

by Martin Pengelly

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/24/obstinate-daughters-book-women-american-revolution

Books about Women in the American Revolution at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=women+american+revolution

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Moll Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. Inscribed bottom margin center, "MOLL PITCHER AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. / From the orginal Picture in possession of the Publishers. / Entered according to the act of Congress, AD 1856, by Martin, Johnson & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New York." Inscribed lower left margin, "PAINTED BY D. M. CARTER." Inscribed lower right, "ENGRAVED BY J. ROGERS." A dynamic battle scene showing Molly Pitcher right of center standing in front of a grass cannon on wheels being manned by two soldiers. An American flag bearer is immediately behind her. A third soldier lies dead in the foreground in front of the cannon. Molly holds a ramrod, while her water bucket lies on the ground in front of her. George Washington and his officers appear in the right distance. Other American soldiers are chasing the British in the left hand section of the engraving. A second female figure has raised a hat above her head, behind a male kneeling to help a wounded soldier. Another soldier rests on a rock in the lower left foreground beside a pool of water. Smoke from cannon fire fills the sky. https://monmouthhistory.emuseum.com/objects/714/moll-pitcher-at-the-battle-of-monmouth

GUMPTION, or RUM GUMPTION. Docility, comprehension, capacity.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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How an advanced civilisation vanished 2,500 years ago.
The Tartessos were a Bronze Age society that flourished in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Spain some 3,000 years ago. They were a near-mythic civilisation, rich in resources and technologies. But the advanced society vanished mysteriously some 2,500 years ago. Researchers are now looking into how and why the Tartessos disappeared.
#globalmuseum #history

Events for the 28th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1807: Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_invasions_of_the_River_Plate
• Birth (1928) of Peter Heine, South African cricketer (d. 2005) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Heine
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

Portrait of John Owen, the Earliest-Born Person With a Confirmed Date of Birth to Be Photographed, 1843.
John Owen (April 16, 1735 – February 24, 1843) was an American centenarian and veteran from Salisbury, Connecticut. Owen served in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. He may have been the last living veteran of the French and Indian War.
https://www.vintag.es/2026/06/john-owen-1735.html #globalmuseum #photography #history

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John Owen, one of the last veterans of the French and Indian War, lived to be 107 and posed for this photograph shortly before his death in 1843.

While we are on a music kick, lets listen to what ancient Persia sounded like around 1400 BC?
Sarah Parsaei performs on the Arjan harp — a historic instrument with roots going back nearly 3,400 years — in Tehran, Iran.
#globalmuseum #music #Persian #musicalinstruments #history

CROCUS, or CROCUS METALLORUM. A nick name for a surgeon of the army and navy.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? The History Behind the World's Most Famous Joke

The world's best-known joke has roots in 19th-century humor—and may have pioneered a form of comedy now known as anti-humor.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road-origin?utm_source=RSS

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Two chickens crossing a gravel road. The one closest to the camera is fluffy and light grey. The other one is light brown and has tan plumage.

GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly puts an end to a riot or disturbance.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly puts an end to a riot or disturbance. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 27th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1941: World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
• Birth (1939) of Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hawke
• Death (1655) of Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1598) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Gonzaga_(1598%E2%80%931655)
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

"Despite the largest manhunt in U.S. history, it was as if the DeAutremonts had simply vanished." Julian Smith for Alta Journal https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a71376747/tunnel-13-train-robbery-history/?src=longreads #truecrime #history #reporting #longreads

LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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since i appreciate that 99.999% of the known universe has never heard of Dotto's Data Café - a tech/computing tv show produced/aired in the 90s and 2000s in canada, here is one mid-1990s episode digitized from an old vhs tape.

think Computer Chronicles on a $100 an episode budget.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czv9grI8GMo

#canada #history #digiPres #macintosh #vintageApple

my gods. i accidentally stumbled upon the original url from the show watching a vhs rip of an early episode, and wbm had a snapshot from 1996!

https://web.archive.org/web/19961102161219/http://www.dotto.istar.ca/

this is an extremely obscure piece of canadian history: Dotto's Data Café. it was a computer/internet tech show from the 1990s hosted by Steve Dotto that aired on canadian networks. (i doubt it was rebroadcasted anywhere else, but if it made it to your country, please let me know!)

#canada #digiPres #webPreservation #history

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The splash page for Dotto's Data Café and Dotto on Data, on november 2, 1996. The operator of this site accepts no responsibility for the massive ego trip Mr. Dotto is experiencing by putting his ugly mug up on the Web, thusly defiling the sanctity of the 'Net. If you experience problems in the Dotto's Shows pages, send mail to Kevlar Last updated: February 28th,1996

Theodore Roosevelt Survived an Assassination Attempt Because a Speech Tucked Inside His Pocket Slowed the Bullet. He Insisted on Delivering His Remarks Anyway

“I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not,” he told an audience in Milwaukee. Newly discovered documents shed light on how the 26th president wanted the incident to shape his legacy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/theodore-roosevelt-survived-an-assassination-attempt-because-a-speech-tucked-inside-his-pocket-slowed-the-bullet-he-insisted-on-delivering-his-remarks-anyway-180988911/

#history #USHistory

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A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt showing him from the waist up. He has dark, short-cropped hair, a prominent thick mustache, and is wearing rimless eyeglasses with a visible cord hanging down. He has on a three-piece suit consisting of a jacket, vest, and a white collared shirt with a patterned, wide necktie. His right hand is grasping his jacket.

If you’re feeling down, remember that Scotland owns a bit of England because we kept beating them at football. Ownership of the Ba Green was decided by an annual game of “mob football” between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Coldstream & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Wark: eventually, demographics made it Scotland for ever 🏆

https://starkeycomics.com/2023/04/02/the-ba-green-the-land-that-scotland-won-in-a-football-game/0

#Scottish #history #Borders #ScottishBorders #Scotland #football

LOUSE BAG. A black bag worn to the hair or wig.

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Events for the 26th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1941: World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Kassa
• Birth (1952) of Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_McQueen
• Death (1878) of Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_of_Orl%C3%A9ans
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

BUG. A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Ireland by the English.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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"Many of us probably don’t imagine the #UnitedStates as a nation in which a tradition of #antisemitism reaches back to the original 13 colonies and has emerged in every generation. In her new #book, #historian #PamelaNadell carefully documents the #history of #discrimination, #conspiracytheories, and #violence against #Jews in our republic, as well as the resilience of #Jewish #Americans in resisting and organizing against antisemitism, both at home and abroad. This highly readable book offers an excellent introductory text for undergraduates, theological students, clergy, and adult study groups.

#Nadell defines antisemitism largely with #historical and contemporary examples rather than abstract theories. The term was coined by #WilhelmMarr in 1879 to distinguish the “modern #racial basis of #Jewhatred” from traditional Christian anti-#Judaism. The #author defines it as “#Jew hatred” and cites “many episodes of anti-Jewish animus” in #US history."

https://www.christiancentury.org/books/antisemitism-more-american-we-want-admit

Doctorate in Philosophy Awarded to a Woman for the First Time (1678)

Born to a noble Venetian family, Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in philosophy. A child prodigy, Piscopia went on to complete a brilliant course of study at the University of Padua. During her graduation ceremony, she spoke in classical Latin for an hour, explaining passages from Aristotle.

https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Elena+Cornaro+Piscopia

#OTD #history

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Black and white drawing of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She is shown from the chest up, oriented in a three-quarter view facing left. Her chin is laying on her left hand. Dark, tightly curled hair frames her face, with a decorative hairpiece or beads visible at the back of her head. She wears a textured top or gown featuring a wide, ruffled or patterned neckline. She is wearing a teardrop earring in her left ear lobe.

Birthday Offering leads triple bill for Royal New Zealand Ballet’s winter season

https://lucire.com/insider/20260625/birthday-offering-leads-triple-bill-for-royal-new-zealand-ballets-winter-season/ #RNZB #Aotearoa #NZ #ballet #dance #arts #living #FrederickAshton #BirthdayOffering #SarahFosterSproull #AndreaSchermoly #history #RoyalBallet #AshtonWorldwide

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Principal Kihiro Kusukami and First Artist Catarina Estevez Collins in Birthday Offering, 2026, photograph by Ross Brown.

THIEF TAKERS. Fellows who associate with all kinds of villains, in order to betray them, when they have committed any of those crimes which entitle the persons taking them to a handsome reward, called blood money.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Events for the 25th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1910: Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky
• Birth (1945) of Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Gana_Kingibe
• Death (2009) of Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

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Facing up to the fact you were sold some dodgy vellum - 12th century, Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Patr.41, f. 69r

@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #manuscripts #history

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damaged 12th century manuscript, Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Patr.41, f. 69r

GUNPOWDER. An old Woman. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#OTD, 24 June, in 1314, the Scottish army under King Robert I destroyed a much larger English invasion force at Bannockburn, in one of the most decisive battles in medieval history. In 1793 Robert Burns composed “Scots Wha Hae”, originally entitled “Robert Bruce’s March To Bannockburn”

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#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #14thcentury #medieval #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song

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Poem: "Scots Wha Hae", by Robert Burns (tune: Hey, Tutti Tatie) Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed‍‍ ‍‍Or to victorie! Now’s the day, and now’s the hour: See the front o’ battle lour, See approach proud Edward’s power— ‍‍ ‍‍Chains and slaverie! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward’s grave? Wha sae base as be a slave?—‍‍ ‍‍Let him turn, and flee! Wha for Scotland’s king and law Freedom’s sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa’, ‍‍ ‍‍Let him follow me! By Oppression’s woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins ‍‍ ‍‍But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty’s in every blow!— ‍‍Let us do or die!

Burns wrote that he was inspired by Bruce’s “glorious struggle for Freedom, associated with the glowing ideas of some other struggles of the same nature, not quite so ancient” – probably a reference to the Radical movement, & to Thomas Muir of Huntershill

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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;idno=N21038.0001.001

#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song #radicalism

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A bronze bust, green with verdigris, of Thomas Muir of Huntershill, depicting him after he had suffered a serious injury to his face. A young man, he wears an eighteenth-century coat with a high collar and a ruffled cravat. His hair is swept back, and a cloth is draped over the left side of his face, tied in place with a band around his forehead.

The song quickly became popular, & the tune was adapted as “Marche des soldats de Robert Bruce” for the French army. It also features in the concert overture “Rob Roy” by Berlioz & the 4th movement of the “Scottish Fantasy” by Max Bruch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE4eE20Dk5I

#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #music #classicalmusic #19thcentury #ArmeeFrancaise

In 1881 the New York Times, reviewing Helen Kendrick Johnson’s OUR FAMILIAR SONGS & THOSE WHO MADE THEM, asserted that no song was “more glorious”, & that once Burns’s poem had been set to the tune of “Hey, Tuttie Tatie”, it “marched through the land forever, loud, & triumphant”

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#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song #music #19thcentury

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Book cover: a late nineteenth-century book cover, somewhat scuffed. The cover is a brownish-yellow. A gold medallion showing four men in profile is framed by a curved horn and backed by two pipes. The title is OUR FAMILIAR SONGS AND THOSE WHO MADE THEM

Here is Dick Gaughan performing “Scots Wha Hae”, to an audience that includes Dr Maya Angelou – from the documentary ANGELOU ON BURNS (first shown on BBC2, 1996)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hEoJNVdM

#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song #folksong #MayaAngelou

"The Weaponization of Belonging

The fundamental lesson from the #history of #Jewish #citizenship in #America is that #legal categories are neither self-evident nor self-executing. They are #political instruments, subject to intense scrutiny and sudden revision during periods of national anxiety.

As the #SupremeCourt prepares to issue its ruling in 2026, the historical record serves as a stark warning. When a government asserts the authority to define who is and is not a #citizen based on parental origin, it invariably opens the door to the systemic #disenfranchisement of #minority populations. The debate over #birthright citizenship is not merely a legal technicality; it is a battle over the soul of the nation and the fundamental definition of human belonging."

https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/the-fragility-of-birthright-how-the-supreme-court-could-reshape-american-citizenship

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

The voyages of Ancient Pacific mariners echo in modern space exploration

There are many ways to traverse vast cosmic distances—including exploiting natural forces like slopes, winds, currents, or gravity as fuel-efficient means of acceleration.

by Geoff Manaugh

https://aeon.co/videos/the-voyages-of-ancient-pacific-mariners-echo-in-modern-space-exploration?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bb63049120-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Books about Outer space -- Exploration at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5990

#science #technology #history #books

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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. It shows thousands of galaxies of varying shapes, sizes, and colors scattered across a tiny patch of sky, captured by combining long exposures from the Hubble Space Telescope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration#/media/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116802846369611450

30 years for moving a box of #books and #zines

This. Is. Fascism.

It's not coming. It's here. So act accordingly

#ThisIsFascism #Fascism #History #USA #TTJ

SPARROW-MOUTHED. Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their mouths by lease, but have it from year to year; i.e. from ear to ear. One whose mouth cannot be enlarged without removing their ears.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SPARROW-MOUTHED. Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their mouths by lease, but have it from year to year; i.e. from ear to ear. One whose mouth cannot be enlarged without removing their ears. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 24th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1866: Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Custoza_(1866)
• Birth (1909) of William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penney,_Baron_Penney
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

DANCERS. Stairs.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DANCERS. Stairs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws

Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-photographer-turned-focus-social-justice-helped-usher-first-child-labor-laws-180988833/

"West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl" at PG contains some of Hine's photographs

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60116

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Title: 488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngsters here. Some boys were so small they had to climb up on the spinning frame to mend the broken threads and put back the empty bobbins. It shows two boys (one who is barefoot) climbing on the machine.

GRUB STREET. A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksellers: hence a Grub-street writer means a hackney author, who manufactures booss for the booksellers.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GRUB STREET. A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksellers: hence a Grub-street writer means a hackney author, who manufactures booss for the booksellers. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 23rd of June from Wikipedia:

• 1985: A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Narita_International_Airport_bombing
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

There were places to go and sights to see and things to do, and her own two feet were perfectly willing to take her there.

Buongiorno Venice canvas print -- https://www.pictorem.com/2694779/buongiorno-venice/

Free shipping in the U.S. and Canada.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #travel #venice #venezia #italy #italia #europe #morning #canal #city #history #fedigiftshop #canvasprint #explore #wallart

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Woman walking across bridge in Venice.

HAND. A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the same as tete-a-tete, or cheek by joul.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HAND. A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the same as tete-a-tete, or cheek by joul. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

How Is the Dalai Lama Chosen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnzTzrSI-E

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

#religion #history

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💙💛 Blue and Gold. An abandoned synagogue in Pennsylvania, USA.

#Photography #Pennsylvania #History #AbandonedPlaces #LostPlace #Synagogue

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FLAT. A bubble, gull, or silly fellow.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLAT. A bubble, gull, or silly fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Events for the 22nd of June from Wikipedia:

• 1918: The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Circus_Train_Wreck
• Birth (1937) of Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_McGann
• Death (2023) of Harry Markowitz, American Nobel economist (b. 1927) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Markowitz
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

"One of the gifts of #Jewish #travel is the opportunity to encounter #Jewishlife in unexpected places and forms. We sometimes carry assumptions about what #Judaism looks like, where it belongs, and how it should be expressed. #History tells a more complicated story. Sometimes, only by standing in a particular place do we discover an unexpected connection or stumble upon an insight we did not know we were seeking.

To my mind, some of the most transformative moments in Jewish travel occur when new interpretations and perspectives quietly enter the #journey where #travelers least expect them. A vineyard can become a classroom. A palace can be reimagined as a commentary on Jewish memory. #Peoplehood becomes the main course in a shared meal with a community in #Berlin or #Porto. In such moments, familiar assumptions loosen their grip, making room for a broader understanding of Judaism, #Jewishness, and our place within the larger human story."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-getaway-to-gateway-when-jewish-travel-becomes-a-journey/

FACE-MAKING. Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FACE-MAKING. Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

5 Pregnant Rulers Who Fearlessly Stormed Into Battle

From legendary empresses to noblewomen who terrified the Vatican, these pregnant rulers donned armor, subdued riots, launched invasions, and forged new nations.

https://www.thecollector.com/pregnant-warrior-queens/

Isabel of Castile

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Painting of Isabel of Castile. She is shown from the waist up and her hands are pressed together as if in prayer. She is wearing a bright red velvet dress. The square neckline of her dress and the vertical opening down the front are heavily lined with dark fabric and decorated with a row of large pearls. At the square neckline of the dress a white undergarment shows. She has black sleeves underneath the red dress. She is wearing a thin, sheer, transparent veil that covers her dark hair.

KNIGHT OF THE TRENCHER. A great eater.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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@Nonilex

It’s almost like George Washington knew that inoculation of soldiers was an #American national security issue.

#history

Here is a view of the ruins of the C12th Lindisfarne Priory, showing the base of the famous 'rainbow arch' and the west front. If you can catch them on a quiet day, these Romanesque remains are a tranquil and atmospheric place for a spot of quiet contemplation.

#Photography #History #Architecture #Ruins #Church

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View of the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, showing part of the 'rainbow arch', and looking towards the west front.

Events for the 21st of June from Wikipedia:

• 1582: Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period
• Birth (1985) of Kris Allen, American musician, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Allen
• Holiday: National Aboriginal Day (Canada) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aboriginal_Day
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

This stunning Book of Hours from around the 1490s was made for a woman back in the day.
Thanks to Domeisen Rarebooks for sharing this gem from their upcoming July Sotheby’s sale.
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #books #history #religion #rarebooks

KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG, more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG, more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Last call Miami: the Dolce & Gabbana exhibition

https://lucire.com/insider/20260620/last-call-miami-the-dolce-gabbana-exhibition/ #fashion #mode #moda #history #DolceeGabbana #designer #exhibition #Miami #Florida #USA

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Bridal gown in exhibition.

An abandoned Irish dance hall with a beautiful blue dome in Edendork, Northern Ireland. Built in 1950, abandoned in the 1980s, demolished in 2024.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/edendork-dance-hall-ireland/

#Photography #NorthernIreland #History #Dance #Ireland #Heritage #Abandoned

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An abandoned dance hall features a captivating blue dome ceiling with radiating green ridges above a derelict stage. The floor is strewn with debris.

MUTTON MONGER. A man addicted to wenching.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUTTON MONGER. A man addicted to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Was Hobbes Right in Leviathan? Only partially.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/hobbes-was-right?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #blog #history #reading #substack #monarchy #democracy #history #books #politics #governance #empire #nature #foundation #anarchy #Leviathan #Hobbes #violence

Events for the 20th of June from Wikipedia:

• 1944: World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
• Birth (1809) of Isaak August Dorner, German theologian and academic (d. 1884) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_August_Dorner
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

Today is as good a day as any to discover (as I did) this fascinating map of the National Parks and how the administration has attempted to censor the history and science they tell.

A court has ordered that they must be restored by July 4.

Interesting note: almost 92% of the public comments were about the Executive Order, not complaints about any perceived inaccuracy in the Parks.

https://MissingParkHistory.org/voices.html

https://MissingParkHistory.org/

#NationalParks #History #Science #Map